Steel
DC1997
Steel (1997)
Weapons engineer John Henry Irons builds armour to stop gangs using technology he designed. The film uses the comics chiefly as a foundation for its screen version of the character and world.
- Director
- Kenneth Johnson
- Produced by
- David Salzman, Quincy Jones, Joel Simon
- Starring
- Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Richard Roundtree, Judd Nelson
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
Steel is best approached as a screen interpretation of the character’s foundations rather than a panel-for-panel adaptation. Start with Adventures of Superman #500, then compare it with Steel #1–5 and Reign of the Supermen. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
Connection: Steel origin adaptation without Superman